Public Buildings and Works

NMSA 1978 ch. 4, art. 47

in effect

NMSA 1978, § 4-47-2 Sale of county buildings or lands to municipalities and state agencies

4-47-2. Sale of county buildings or lands to municipalities and state agencies Boards of county commissioners within the state of New Mexico are hereby authorized to sell, transfer and convey to any city, town or village located within such county, or to any agency or department or commission of the state of New Mexico, operating facilities within such county, such public buildings and lands on which such buildings are located, or such other lands, lots and additions belonging to the said county, whenever the same are no longer deemed necessary for county purposes, without appraisal, at private sale, for such sum as the said county commissioners may in their judgment determine. 1941 Comp., § 15-4405, enacted by Laws 1947, ch. 179, § 1; 1953 Comp., § 15-46-2; Laws 1961, ch. 85, § 1.

NMSA 1978, § 4-47-3 [Sale; public auction.]

4-47-3. [Sale; public auction.] That the boards of county commissioners within the state of New Mexico are hereby authorized after having made application therefor to the district court of their respective judicial districts, to sell at public auction all those public buildings, lots or additions belonging to the same, whenever such public buildings, lots or additions have been substituted by other public buildings, lots or additions. Laws 1909, ch. 59, § 1; Code 1915, § 1348; C.S. 1929, § 33-5701; 1941 Comp., § 15-4402; 1953 Comp., § 15-46-3.

NMSA 1978, § 4-47-4 [Sale; appraisers; notice; payment.]

4-47-4. [Sale; appraisers; notice; payment.] The judge of the district court shall appoint three appraisers to appraise such property proposed to be sold as specified in the preceding section and such appraisers shall make and return under oath an appraisement of the actual cash value of such property, and upon return of such appraisement to the district court, the board of commissioners shall proceed to advertise such property for public sale, giving at least three weeks' notice of the hour, time and place of such sale, which notice shall be inserted in some daily or weekly newspaper published in the city or town where such property is located, if one be published therein; if not, in some paper of general circulation therein, and shall cause such property to be offered for sale at the time stated in such notice; and such property shall not be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraised value, and it shall be the duty of such board to require the payment in cash of at least one-half of the purchase price of said property, and they shall require the purchaser in lieu of the remainder of the purchase price, to execute proper security for the amount of the same. Laws 1909, ch. 59, § 2; Code 1915, § 1349; C.S. 1929, § 33-5702; 1941 Comp., § 15-4403; 1953 Comp., § 15-46-4.

Source: New Mexico Compilation Commission (nmonesource.com)URL: https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18505/index.doFetched: 10/20/2026